In memory of Boris Nemtsov (1959-2015)

This visualization was created in memory of prominent Russian opposition leader, Boris Nemtsov, who was one of the most vocal critics of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and who was demonstratively killed in front of the Kremlin by ... . The information in his post from September 7, 2014, visualized here, may have changed by now, especially after he had aired it, but his message remains true today: members of Russia's ruling elite publicly accuse the West of promoting immoral lifestyles, sparking world conflicts, and call it the main enemy of and threat to Russia and its people, while sending their children to live in Western countries.

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